Rising from the ashes of Boston rock group The Umpteens, former front man Don Lennon has crafted a collection of songs marking his debut cult-classic album “Maniac”. Sharing the same surname as a former Beatle, although it may be a pseudonym, it is certain he would have made John …

Chris Brown’s fourth album “F.A.M.E.”; the title is an acronym which stands for: “Forgiving All My Enemies” or “Fans Are My Everything”. This was a better attempt at an album since his not-so-favorable previous album “Graffiti”.
This album kicks off with the song “Deuces” which was originally from Chris Brown’s …

Telepathic Surgery is the third release by the Flaming Lips which follows their previous record, Oh My Gawd. On this record, I thought that the band continued to develop their songwriting and there are also some traces of the sound that they would go on to really hone and …

After System of a Down broke up, the lead singer Serj Tankian decided to do his own solo album and after a bit of a wait, we got Elect the Dead. In all honestly, while I would have preferred a regular System of a Down album over this, this …

When I first heard about the American Hero Concert (held this past Saturday), I was interested in attending it. Both because it was at Swan Park, just down the street from me and because I grew up an Army brat and understand the importance in showing both support for …

“I Gave You Power” is the 4th track off of Nas 1996 album “It Was Written”. Although this song isn’t technically a single, it is one of the more well known tracks off of “It Was Written”. This is one of the best songs to exemplify just how well …

I love this album. I never actually believed I’d like something by Pearl Jam, not because I consider them a weak band, but because their musical style left me cold. Some categorize it as alternative rock, although I’d much rather say that they’re just a good hard rock band …

Progressive rock is really one of the most diverse sub genres of rock, and easily among my favorites. The way that progressive rock seems always toy with time signatures and ambient sounds keeps the music fresh for me, even when listening to songs that I have heard hundreds of …

Years ago, someone introduced me to the wonderful works of Erich Kunzel, director of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. He’s really quite good. Then the opportunity came along to enjoy Kunzel’s work along with a huge favorite of mine, Star Trek. With a spoken and dramatic introduction …

Sucioperro is a band from Ayrshire, Scotland in the UK. If you like rip-roaring indie-rock with a bit of funky soul then I’ve no doubt that you will love this band. That may sound like an odd description for a band’s sound but honestly it’s accurate. They are …

It’s You is a song by Animal Collective and the first track to open their 2005 EP, Prospect Hummer. Opening up with the vocals of Vashti Bunyan who is present throughout the record, Animal Collective establish a sound which reminds me of the melodic sounds heard all throughout Campfire …

I’d forgotten I had The Canadian Brass: The Canadian Brass Go For Baroque CD to be honest. Now that’s not a bad sign about how I feel about it; it was just buried beneath a large stack of other CDs and remained hidden in a sense.
This was actually …

“Caution: If you are a soulless men sincere, you are obliged to listen to this soundtrack ” .. (sorry, just kidding). Almost the entire film shows the 300 scene which is very hard and cruel. So also with the music there is in this soundtrack. At the beginning of …

Many people would say Lady Gaga’s new album “The Fame Monster” is not a good album. I can see where they are coming from. There are only eight different songs, and it is hard to understand any of them. However, to me, it is quickly becoming one of my …

Youth album released in November 2004. Collective Soul is an alternative rock band who came from Georgia, United States. Collective Soul inherited the style of guitar playing as the groups classic rock music in the decade 1970 to 1980. Influenced by Elton John, but their music can sometimes be …

Spice Girls - Spice World was introduced to the world by Virgin Records Inc. in 1997. Featuring your favorite Spice Girl - Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, Baby Spice, Posh Spice and Sporty Spice, these Brit Pop stars took the world over by storm with a group following the likes …

This is the collaboration of the producers/mc’s Madlib and MF Doom. They call themselves Madvillain and claim to be the illest villains. And I couldn’t agree more. The record contains 22 tracks, ordered as followed:
1. The Illest Villains
2. Accordion
3. Meat Grinder
4. Bistro
5. Raid
6. America’s Most Blunted
7. Sickfit
8. Rainbows
9. Curls
10. …

This offering from Australia band Starky follows the same vein as pop rockers The Killers and The Bravery, with a mix of new-wave and power-pop.
Having recently been singled to the UK’s Island Records (U2, PJ Harvey) and made a name for themselves internationally playing tours and festivals, Starky have …

Daddy’s Girl by Red Sovine was a song that my dad used to play all the time when I was a little girl to me and my younger sister. I particularly remember the part about him wanting a boy and getting a girl. Now that I am older and …

Rain Man is a song by Eminem which appears on his album Encore. The track starts off with a pretty slow tempo and a laidback rhythm which Eminem establishes a rhythm for with his vocal performance. The opening vocal melody seems a bit awkward at first, and I will …

Shaved Gorilla is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their third record, Telepathic Suicide. Opening up with a sampling of what sounds like a classic Disney film, Shaved Gorilla opens up with a very lighthearted mood and innocent sound. Once this opening sampling ends, a moderately …

The Fragile is the title track of a record released by Nine Inch Nails. The track starts off with Reznor singing along with a simple drum rhythm in a somewhat eerie fashion as a bass line can also be heard gradually getting louder in the song. Reznor’s vocal delivery …

The Final Command is a song by Slayer which appears on their debut record, Show No Mercy. The song opens up with a very quick guitar riff which isn’t exactly heavy, but it’s quite fast. To be fair, on Slayer’s debut record they were more of just a fast …

Jay-Z
“Imaginary Player”
In My Lifetime, Volume 1
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z spends a lot of time at a lounge with his homeboy and producer Damon Dash during most of this official third single and music video “Imaginary Player” from his second album “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″, following “(Always Be My) Sunshine” and …

This is one of the hit single of Nsync in 1999. Included in the album No String Attached it tops the billboards chart and stays there for month. This is the song that I believe pushed away the Backstreetboys to the number one spot. Once I remember this song, …

Faryl Smith Album
In 2008 Faryl Smith stunned the many thousands of watchers on the TV Talent show Britain’s Got Talent. At the age of 13 who voice was truly unbelievable, in a good way that was, she had a voice just as good as the most known professionals in …

Knights Of Cydonia is a track by Muse which is the final track on their record Black Holes And Revelations. Knights Of Cydonia is probably the most well known Muse track, because it appeared on either Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but I have to say that I have …

The latest Krayzie Bone album called Good VS Evil is a musical masterpiece. This CD shows Krayzie Bone’s dark and good side. I think this is the best Krayzie Bone album that takes you deep into his mind. The productions and beats are very powerful and just great. Krayzie Bone …

So happy I could die is a song on Lady Gaga’s new album, The Fame Monster. This is one of my favorite tracks on her new album. I love this song. I completely recommend this song to any Lady Gaga fans. This song is a typical Lady Gaga song …

Please Mister Postman is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album With The Beatles. I’m aware that this song is just a cover so I can’t really talk about the songwriting or the structure of the track, even thought it basically follows a traditional pattern which …

Crazy Mama is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Black And Blue. The song starts out in a pretty laid-back fashion with sort of a lazy and casual guitar riff which gives way to a short lead played over it. Jagger comes with the …

One night I was bored and googling good wedding songs for your first dance just out of curiosity because I love discovering new music about love and relationships. I am also a huge fan of country so when I saw Big and Rich on the list with this song …

In this third album, Pissed Jeans, a band who came from Pennsylvania, USA, still looks consistent. If you like the type of punk rock offered Jesus Lizard or maybe Butthole Surfers, you will really enjoy the Pissed Jeans. If not, you will feel lost, because the King Of Jeans …

Axis Bold As Love is Jimi’s hand crafted expression brought to life.The songs on this album represent a powerful kind of beauty that is unimaginable.Castles Made Of Sand paints a unique portrait of artistic measure.This album displays the beautiful landscape that existed inside Jimi’s heart and soul.It is purely …

I was very critical of the Black Eyed Peas’ newest album simply because I feel like it doesn’t really feature their own voices. It is so heavily edited and overly synthesized that I feel like I am listening to a bunch of robots in a recording studio, not the …

The meaning of this song is very deep. It takes me a thousand times before I could be able to get the meaning. I am not sure if Avril is the song writer of this song, but if she is, then she deserves to be applauded for writing this …

Everyone goes through their phases where they are obsessed with that one song and are afraid that because they are listening to it so much, that they might end up just getting sick of the song. Well, I am currently obsessed with this song and have been for a …

Just Like Heaven is a song by The Cure that I have always liked. This song came out on the wave of the new, alternative rock and the end of the new wave genre. Just Like Heaven’s sound is soft contains a lot of blended synthesizers, but it also …

Judas Priest is a heavily Sabbath influenced band that carried on the tradition of the overall attitude present within the British brand of metal.Their significance ranks right up there with the other important pioneers of Heavy Metal.When British Steel was released a brought a new found interest in the …

Steal this Album! Is unfortunately my least favorite of the System of a Down albums, but that doesn’t make it a bad album; it’s still a fairly good album, because even when System of a Down is at their worst, they’re still fairly good.
The first is Chic’n Stu which …

Aaliyah ft. Ginuwine, Timbaland, and Missy Elliot
“One In A Million (Remix)”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Paul Hunter
Remix singles have the potential to do many things for listeners, but remix music videos are a hit and miss game when it comes down to it. The remix for Aaliyah’s signature hit, “One …

Krs-One is a song by Sublime and the twentieth song on their first release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening with an acoustic guitar pattern, Nowell comes in with the vocals of the track and sings with a tone that actually sounds significantly different than any of his other deliveries …

Before purchasing “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats,” my exposure to Regina Spektor had mostly been listening to her songs on YouTube and, later, purchasing them on iTunes. As someone who had only listened to her light and happy songs, I was pleasantly surprised when I put the …

Hannah Montana is a teen sitcom on Disney Channel and on 2006, Walt Disney and Hollywood Records released its first ever soundtrack with songs that are always played on the sitcom. The sitcom is about Miley Stewart who is a typical teenage girl but is actually a superstar.
The album …

Moving Pictures is an album released by the rock band Rush in 1981. The Canadian trio had been building up steam with their previous two efforts Hemispheres and Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures continued that trend and went on to become an all time rock classic.
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Grave Plott is a newly formed rap group from Kansas consisting of 2 horrorcore MCs: Killa C and Liquid Assassin. Their debut album was released in 2008, but only now I had the time and curiosity to listen it. The boys are signed to Strange Music, Tech N9ne’s label, …

Lil Wayne is one of the most popular rappers out on the markets right now, but is he really that good? I will admit that some of his songs have a good beat, and sound pretty good, but the majority of them are absolutely horrendous. He has turned from …

Starting with the album title, this CD has all the markings of a band that is representing a 12-step program. But, do not let that deter you from one of the best albums ever. Yes, I said ever.
Opening with “The Package”, Maynard (the lead singer), …

Over the years, Michael Jackson was become more well-known for his eccentricities than for his music.
However, if there was ever a time when his self-proclaimed ‘King of Pop’ status was justified, the Thriller era was it. Jackson’s 1982 album release ‘Thriller’ was one of the largest commercial successes …

There was a time when Alabama ruled the airwaves of country music and Alabama: When It All Goes South CD displays one of the reasons why. The title track itself has always made me chuckle since it starts with a scratch of music from Alabama with another song. …